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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Category Archives: Writing

More on “The Writing Life” with Annie Dillard

August 28, 2014

One of the things I love about Annie Dillard’s book “The Writing Life” is how it addresses both the drudgery and …

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Making Music Wherever We Go – The Rhymes and Rhythms that Move Us

August 3, 2014

Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross To see a fine lady upon a fine horse. Rings on her fingers …

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Song from a Dream – “My Queen’s Soul Lies Naked”

July 20, 2014

My dreams have always been enticingly rich and evocative. Often it’s as if I’m watching an elaborate film in gorgeous …

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The Slant of Afternoon, Playing with Light

July 10, 2014

A notebook full of poetry I had worked on for years has disappeared. Vanished. Many of the poems I never …

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On Herds, Husbands & Riffing on Writing

June 30, 2014

Serendipity, it’s sometimes called. Those happy coincidences that lead to some unexpected pleasure or insight. Or synchronicity. Those meaningful encounters …

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Writing on Writing – A Writing Process Blog Hop

June 16, 2014

Writers love to write about writing. It’s not surprising. It’s our passion. So when I was invited to participate in …

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“I See You But Do You See Me?” – Artist Marc Clamage, Bearing Witness

June 11, 2014

Since my last post, I discovered another artist who refuses to turn away. He bears witness one face at a time by …

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Selling My Babies. Where’s the Joy?

May 29, 2014

It’s never the full-blown joy I expect when a short story is accepted for publication. Even when the acceptance letter …

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Dreaming of Death—Oops, Bears

May 21, 2014

I’m going to die. Soon. That’s what I thought, waking one morning, remembering three distinct dreams, each in which I …

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“Wake Up Amazed” by Kaze Gadway

May 14, 2014

Sometimes I come across a blog post that I just have to share. The excerpt below is from Kazegadway – …

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After sailing around the world in a small boat for six years, I came to appreciate how tiny and insignificant we humans appear in our natural and untamed surroundings, living always on the edge of the wild, into which we are embedded even while being that thing which sets us apart. Now living again on the edge of the wild in a home that borders a nature preserve, I am re-exploring what it means to be human in a more than human world.

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